Brian M Nguyen, MD| Hepatobiliary And Pancreatic Surgery, Transplant Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Nguyen is a board-certified, fellowship-trained abdominal transplant and hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) surgeon. His areas of special expertise include liver and small bowel transplantation and HPB surgery. His areas of clinical interest include pancreas cancer, pancreatic cysts, liver tumors, and biliary disease. He is particularly interested in minimally invasive HPB surgery, utilizing Da Vinci Xi Surgical system.
He holds certifications in laparoscopic and robotic surgery, with use of the Da Vinci Xi Surgical System. Dr. Nguyen has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, including Transplantation Direct, Journal of American College of Surgeons, Journal of Critical Care, American Journal of Transplantation, and Gastroenterology and has presented at national conferences and symposia.
Dr. Nguyen received his Doctor of Medicine from Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO and completed his residency at University of Southern California/LAC+USC General Surgery in Los Angeles, where he received the program’s Outstanding Resident Award. He completed his fellowship in abdominal transplant at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital.
He works closely with all of his patients to ensure they’re actively involved in decisions about their care. Dr. Nguyen also educates patients about their condition so they have the knowledge and understanding they need to continue to manage their condition throughout their lives.
When he’s not at work, Dr. Nguyen enjoys cooking, spending time outdoors, and going to the beach.
Clinical areas of focus
- Infertility
- Liver Cancer Surgery
- Liver-Kidney Transplantation
- Organ Donation
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
- Transplantation Of Intestine
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acquired Absence Of Organs
- Aplastic Anemias And Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
- Artificial Liver Opening
- Artificial Openings Complications
- Ascites
- Benign Neoplasm Of Digestive System
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Bone Marrow Transplant
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Complications Of Kidney Transplant
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Malformations Of Gallbladder, Bile Ducts And Liver
- Corneal Transplant
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Dialysis Access Creation And Maintenance
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Disorders Of Branched
- Disorders Of Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Donors Of Organs And Tissues
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Graft Failure
- Heart Transplant Surgery
- Immunodeficiencies
- Infertility
- Intestinal Infections
- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Cancer
- Kidney Failure In Transplant Patients
- Liver Cancer Treatment In Transplant Patients
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Failure
- Liver Transplant Evaluation
- Liver Transplantation
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lung Transplant Rejection
- Malabsorption
- Necrotizing Vasculopathies
- Neutropenia
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Organ Donation After Cardiac Death
- Organ Donor Matching
- Pancreas Cancer
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Renal Artery Thrombosis
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Transplanted Kidney Malfunction
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Transplanted Organ Failure
- Venous Embolism
- Viral Hepatitis
Procedures I perform
- Abdominal Organ Transplantation
- Adrenal Gland Cancer Management
- Auxiliary Liver Transplantation
- Backbench Liver Graft Reconstruction
- Bile Duct Biopsy
- Bile Duct Cancer Treatment
- Bile Duct Repair
- Bladder Stone Removal
- Blood Chemistry Test
- Capitation
- Cholangiocarcinoma Treatment
- Cholecystectomy
- Choledochojejunostomy
- Chronic Liver Disease Treatment
- Companionship
- Deceased Donor Transplantation
- Distal Pancreatectomy
- Domino Liver Transplantation
- Donor Organ Procurement
- Dopamine Therapy
- Enterocele Repair
- Enucleation
- Gallbladder Cancer Treatment
- Gallbladder Removal
- Gallstone Removal
- Gastric Stenting
- Gastric Surgery
- Genitourinary Fistula Treatment
- Gynecological Cancer Screening
- Hepatic Artery Aneurysm Repair
- Hepatic Artery Embolization
- Hepatic Artery Infusion
- Hepatic Artery Reconstruction
- Hepatic Vein Thrombosis Treatment
- Hepaticojejunostomy
- Intestine Transplantation With Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis
- Islet Xenotransplant
- Isolated Small Bowel Transplantation
- Isolated Small Intestine Transplant
- Kidney Resection
- Kidney-Intestine Transplantation
- Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
- Liver Abscess Drainage
- Liver Abscess Treatment
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer Surgery
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cyst Removal
- Liver Cyst Treatment
- Liver Health Screening
- Liver Hemangioma Treatment
- Liver Imaging
- Liver Resection
- Liver Transplantation
- Liver Transplantation With Inferior Vena Cava Replacement
- Liver Transplantation With Roux-En-Y Hepaticojejunostomy
- Liver-Intestine Transplantation
- Liver-Kidney Transplantation
- Liver-Pancreas Transplantation
- Living Donor Liver Transplantation
- Living Donor Transplantation
- Lobectomy
- Multi-Organ Transplantation
- Multivisceral Transplantation
- Open Partial Nephrectomy
- Organ Donation
- Pancreas Allograft Pancreatectomy
- Pancreas Allograft Preparation
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Resection
- Pancreas Transplant Failure Treatment
- Pancreas Transplant Malfunction
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Pancreas-Intestine Transplantation
- Pancreatic Biopsy
- Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
- Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
- Pancreatic Cyst Drainage
- Pancreatic Cyst Treatment
- Pancreatic Disease Treatment
- Pancreatic Function Tests
- Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Surgery
- Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Treatment
- Pancreatic Pseudocyst Treatment
- Pancreatic Surgery
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Partial Hepatectomy
- Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Of Kidney Pelvis
- Percutaneous Pseudocyst Drainage
- Portal Vein Reconstruction
- Reduced-Size Liver Transplantation
- Removal Of Transplanted Kidney
- Removal Of Transplanted Organ
- Small Bowel Transplantation
- Small Intestine Cancer Surgery
- Split Liver Transplantation
- Stomach Drainage
- Transhepatic Cholangiography
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplant Glomerulopathy Treatment
- Transplant Infection Treatment
- Transplantation Of Intestine
- Urologic Imaging
- Uvulopalatoplasty
- Visceral Artery Aneurysm Treatment
- Von Willebrand Factor Replacement
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Network OA
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Medicare Direct
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-POS
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-HMO
- Choice POS
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Choice POS II Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optimum Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA Indemnity
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- First Health PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- POS OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- HighMark
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS II
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Beech Street PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- First Health PPO
- UHC Passport
- Medicare FFS
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Choice Fund PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2021)
Residency: University of Southern California Medical Center (2019)
Medical School: St Louis University School of Medicine (2014)